Irrigating water-gate.



No. 656,581. Patented Aug. 2|, I900 W. H. KILEB.

IRRIGATINGWATEB GATE (Appligatinn filed June 4, 1900.)

(No Model.)

NrrEn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IVILLIAM KILER, OF POMONA, CALIFORNIA.

IRRIGATING WATER-GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 656,581, dated August21, 1906.

Application filed June4,1900. Serial No. 19,0723. (No model.)

By my invention I am enabled to distribute the water evenly from thepipe at different levels without pressurethat is to say, by

my invention I can use an irrigating pipeline which follows the contourof the uneven ground, running down into hollows and up. onto hills, andam able to discharge the water from said pipe at any and every desiredoutlet and in any quantity desired without; reference to the outlets atother points along.

the pipe.

The accompanying drawings illustrate my invention.

Figure I is a view of a pipeline provided with my invention as the samewould appear in operation. Portions between the outlets are broken awayto contract the view. Fig. II is a vertical mid-section showing myinvention in detail. Fig. III is a plan of the valve appliance before itis placed inside the stand-pipe for carrying out my invention. Parts arebroken to expose parts.

aindicates a valve-ring furnished with a valve-seat 1 on its upper faceand furnished with a valve-supporting bar 2, extending across theopening of the ring below the plane of the valveseat and provided with ascrewthreaded hole 3 to receive a threaded bolt.

7) indicates a valve-plate furnished with a perforation 5 fora bolt.

0 indicates a valve-carrying bolt furnished on its upper end with a head6 for turning the bolt and insert-ed through the opening 5 in thevalve-plate and furnished with a shoulder 7 to support the valve-plate,said bolt being screw-threaded at its lower portion and screwed into thescrew-threaded hole 3 of the valve-supporting bar.

8 indicates a collar around the valve-seat, leaving a space 9 betweenthe collar and the valve-seat to form a sand-box between the valve-seatand collar.

The valve-supporting bar is preferably in the form of a hanger, whichextends considerably below the bottom of the ring in order to allow thewater to pass freely into the opening through the ring and up around thevalve-plate when the gate is open. The shoulder 7 is preferably a nutscrewed onto the screw-threaded portion of the bolt, said bolt beingscrew-threaded from its lower end nearly to the valve-plate, thusleaving a space between the head and the shoulder to receive thevalve-plate. The valve-plate is preferably formed of an iron casting 10,with a rubber, leather, or any other suitable packing-washer 11 on theunder face of thecast-iron portion. The hole through said platepreferably flares at the top, so that the valve-plate may tilt to adjustitself to fit snugly upon the valve-seat when the bolt is screwed downinto place. (1 indicates a section of water-pipe in which the valve-ringwill be cemented securely to the pipe at by rings f g, of cement,applied above and below the valve-ring after the same has been fittedinto the pipe-section.

In ordinary construction the section of pipe may be, say, two feet inlength and of any suitable diameter, depending upon the amount of waterto flow through the gate. Pipe of a diameter of from six to sixteeninches, more or less, may be used satisfactorily.

To construct the water-gate, a joint of pipe d will be placed on end andlugs of a suitable length-say eight inches--be placed inside the pipe tosustain the ring, and the ring will then be inserted 'in the pipe and aring f, of cement, applied around the collar inside of and against thewall of the pipe and upon the ring. This cement is allowed to setfirmly, and then the pipe is turned over end for end and a like ring ofcement g is applied on the side of ring which is to be underneath whenin use. Then packing h will be wrapped around the bolt between the head6 and the thread 12, and the bolt will be passed through the opening incasting 10 of the valve-plate and the washer 11 and the nut 7 screwedinto place to support the valve-plate, after which the bolt will bescrewed into the hole in the valve-supporting bar, and the gate will beready for use. The packing, which is preferably Wrapped around the boltclose to the bolt-head before the bolt is passed through the opening inthe valveplate, is pressed up by the nut 12 to close the opening. Thebolt will then be screwed into the screwhole therefor in thevalve-supporting bar and can be screwed down to seat the valve or up toopen it,

In practical operation the Valve is opened or closed by turning the boltby means of a wrench (not shown) applied to the head for that purpose. 7

By setting the valve-plate at any given height the amount of waterwhichwill pass through the gate is accurately gaged and the water risingabove the plate will flow out of the pipe without pressure.

c' indicates the pipe-main to supply water to the water-gate pipes d.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the UnitedStates, is-

l. Awater-gatecomprisingaringfurnished with a valve-seat on its upperface and furnished with a valve-su pportin g bar extending across theopening of the ring below the plane of the valve-seat and provided witha screwthreaded hole to receive a threaded bolt; a Valve-plate furnishedwith a perforation for a bolt; a valve-carrying bolt furnished on itsupper end with a head for turning the bolt and inserted through theopeningin the valveplate and furnished with a shoulder to support thevalve-plate; said bolt being screwthreaded at its lower portion andscrewed into the screw-threaded hole of the valve-supporting bar.

2. Awater-gate comprising a ring furnished with a valveseat on its upperface and with a collar around the valve-seat, thus to form a sand-boxbetween the valve-seat and the collar; said ring being furnished with avalvesupporting hanger-bar extending below the valve-seat and providedwith a screw-threaded hole to receive a threaded bolt; a valveplatefurnished with an upwardly-flaring perforation for a bolt; avalve-carrying bolt furnished upon its upper end with a head for turningthe bolt and inserted through the opening in the valve-plate andfurnished with a shoulder to support the valve-plate; said bolt beingscrew-threaded at its lower portion and screwed into the screw-threadedhole of the valve-supporting bar; and a packing around the bolt at thesaid perforation.

3. In a water-gate, the combination of a ring furnished with avalve-seat on its upper face, and furnished with a valve-supporting barextending across the opening of the ring; a valve-plate furnished with aperforation for a bolt; a valve-carrying bolt furnished on its upper endwith a head and inserted through said opening and screw-threaded belowsaid Valve-plate; and a nut screwed onto the screw-threaded portion ofsaid bolt to support the valve-plate; said bolt being screwed into thescrew-threaded hole in the valve-supporting bar.

4. The combination of an open-ended pipe; a ring fitted in said pipe andprovided on one face with a valve-seat and with a collar around thevalve-seat to form a sand-box between the valve-seat and the collar, andsaid ring being provided on the opposite side with a valve-supportingbar having a screw-threaded hole for the bolt; cement on the oppositesides of said ring to secure said valve-ring to the pipe; atValve-plate; a screw-threaded bolt passing through the valve-plate andscrewed into the bolt-hole in the bar; and provided with means forholding the valveplate substantially as set forth.

5. In a water-gate, the combination of a plate furnished with anupwardly-flaring hole for a bolt; a valve-ring furnished with avalveseat on one side and a cross-bar on the other side extending acrossthe opening of the ring and furnished with a screw-threaded hole; a bolthaving a head on one end and being screw-threaded at the other end andinserted through the flaring hole and screwed into the screw threadedhole; packing around the bolt in the flaring hole; and a nut screwedupon the bolt to hold the valve-plate and packing in place.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses, at Los Angeles, California,-this29th day of May, 1900.

W. H. KILER. \Vitnesses:

JAMES R. TowNsEND, J. L. KILER.

